{"id":281376,"date":"2026-04-23T03:08:49","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T03:08:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/281376\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T03:08:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T03:08:49","slug":"key-dates-and-deadlines-in-california-primary-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/281376\/","title":{"rendered":"Key dates and deadlines in California primary election"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Here is a look at some important<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kernvote.com\/elections\/upcoming-elections\/june-2-2026-primary-election\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> deadlines and dates<\/a> for voters planning to cast their ballot for the California primary election:<\/p>\n<p>May 4: County election officials will begin mailing primary ballots. It can be picked up (or vote) at an Early Voting site<\/p>\n<p>May 5: Secure ballot drop-off boxes open. Boxes will be available 24 hours, 7 days a week. Boxes will close at 8 p.m. on June 2.<\/p>\n<p>May 18: Last day to register to vote for the primary election. After May 18, you must complete<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sos.ca.gov\/elections\/voter-registration\/same-day-reg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> same-day voter registration<\/a> and request your ballot in person at the election office or polling location.<\/p>\n<p>May 23: Vote centers open for early in-person voting.<\/p>\n<p>June 2: Primary Election<\/p>\n<p>For more information on the primary election by the Kern County Elections Division, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kernvote.com\/elections\/upcoming-elections\/june-2-2026-primary-election\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">click here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Here is a look at some important deadlines and dates for voters planning to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":222985,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":{"0":"post-281376","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bakersfield","8":"tag-bakersfield","9":"tag-bakersfield-headlines","10":"tag-bakersfield-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=281376"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281376\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/222985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=281376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=281376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=281376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}